The officers are accused of larding their paychecks by inventing overtime hours.

Officers Brian Jost and Emin Talic posted $5,000 bonds and were released Friday. Officers Michael Langsdorf and Daniel O'Brien also bonded out after posting $3,000 bonds. They're charged with felony counts of forgery. All but O'Brien were also charged with felony-level stealing. He was charged with a misdemeanor count of stealing, less than $750.

At least three of the officers — Jost, Talic and Langsdorf — were assigned to a special federal task force that works drug cases throughout the St. Louis metro area. During a recent hearing in federal court on an unrelated task force case, the three were described as task force officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration-led team.

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St. Louis police officer Emin Talic and Daniel O'Brien were among four cops charged in an alleged payroll scam.